So today I’m going to be talking to you about tile cutters.
And this discussion came up over on the private Facebook group for Bathroom Repair Tutor,
and I want to thank Bill Rams for asking the question.
It was: “What tool should you invest in, and which tool should you just buy cheap at
harbor freight?”
So today I wanted to tell you about tile cutters that could definitely help you out with your
bathroom remodeling or kitchen remodeling, wherever you’re doing tile work, and which
tile cutter could be the best one for you.
So there are different price points.
We’re going to be talking about just a simple one.
This is by WorkForce.
I bought this maybe about 9 years ago.
And this one I just recently bought at the suggestion of my buddy, Steve White, who is
also my co-founder over on Bathroom Repair Tutor.
And Steve is a professional bathroom remodeler, so he’s cutting tile every single week or
a lot.
And this is the Ishii Big Clinker tile cutter.
I’m going to show you why each one is a bit different, and you can decide on your
own which one you think could help you out the most.
So let’s dive into that right now.
This is WorkForce’s tile cutter.
I believe—well, the model number is THD-14—and I believe this cuts up to a 14” tile, yeah.
So basically these are all the same: they have a cutting wheel on the bottom here, and
you simply stick the tile underneath it.
The problem is there are a few large tiles these tile cutters aren’t really going to
help you out.
If you have a 12” x 12” tile, no problem.
The Ishii, on the other hand, is huge.
So this is the Ishii Big Clinker, and it allows you to cut up to 24” x 12” tiles which
is great.
And this is one of those tiles right here.
So it’ll fit in the Ishii.
And the only reason I know about this tile cutter is because of my buddy, Steve.
And he makes tile cuts a lot, and he wants the very best tools so that he can work through
this pretty quickly.
And as you see here it’s dual rail instead of single.
This is also dual rail, but the Big Clinker is more substantial.
It has a bigger breaking bar on it, too.
Align the cutting wheel up with this mark.
You make sure that it’s where you need it to be.
You can align your tile pretty easily.
When you come to the end, make sure that the cutting wheel is still cutting the mark that
you made here and at the edge.
Just slide it by applying even pressure.
Maybe you do have to make a few passes if you’ve never done this before or if you
don’t do it often.
Like I’m not doing this every week like Steve.
And you just break it.
So the nice thing is the Big Clinker can cut these huge 24” x 12” tiles whereas the
cheap tile cutter can’t do that.
The Big Clinker also has these support bars that you can swing out.
So if you have large tiles that you want to cut in this direction, it’ll support them.
So here’s my opinion.
Take it for what it’s worth, which may not be much.
I think these small tile cutters are basically toys compared to the Ishii Big Clinker.
When I tried to use this on a tiling project, it was very, very frustrating.
And it actually held me back.
It wasn’t a great tool.
Now the Ishii Big Clinker, on the other hand, I bought this—I know it’s an investment
for most people because it’s about $260, $270—and just from the outset, it seems
like it’s so much better than these box store tile cutters.
So if you’re doing a huge project, like a bathroom, a kitchen, or a basement, and
you’re going to be putting in a ton of tile, and tile that is big—so like over 12”
on one edge—I definitely recommend the Ishii Big Clinker.
And I want to thank Steve White, my co-founder over at Bathroom Repair Tutor, for bringing
this to my attention.
I also want to thank Bill Rams, one of our Bathroom Repair Tutor members, for kind of
inspiring me to do this videos, more videos just like it, to recommend which tools you
think you should invest in and which ones you probably don’t want to spend a ton of
money on.
So you’ll see more of those videos coming down the road.
But let me know what you think down in the comments here.
Let me know what you think about the Ishii Big Clinker, about different tile cutters
that you’ve used, or different tools you think could help out somebody in the tiling
project.
So that is it for today.
I will put a link to the Ishii Big Clinker in the description.
That’ll link back over to Amazon.
It will be an Amazon affiliate link, so you’re helping us out a little bit if you do buy
it.
But I wanted to make sure that you had a link to the Ishii Big Clinker, too, so that you
can check it out for yourself.
That’s it for today.
I’ll see you in next week’s video.
Take care!
So again, down in the description you can check out the Ishii Big Clinker…
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